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Zimbabwe: Police Join Diamond Rush
Zimbabwe Independent (Harare), 29 April 2010
POLICE have joined in the intensifying scramble for the controversial Chiadzwa diamonds where companies linked to Zanu PF and state security elements are making a mint.
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Much ado about nothing.
Zimbabwean police and military are the ones tasked to 'put life and limb on the line', in order to ensure the integrity and Self-determination of Zimbabwe from the racist and criminal invaders.
Therefore they DO have first rights over ALL of Zim Lands, Wealth & Resources.
Those who DO NOT have natural or legal rights to African Lands, Wealth & Resources are the racist and criminal invaders, who are misrepresented as so-called white 'farmers'.
Any AFRICAN reporting that is intended to serve the needs of Africans, should be about those FOREIGN THIEVES who are still monopolizing Africa Lands, Wealth & Resources!
No............... Just No......
Simply because it IS "Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri" who signed the letter............ No............
Precisely because he IS "Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri", he should be denied a license.
Just how exactly would it look if the head of the FBI also "coincidentally" happened to have an ongoing business interest in a mining operation in the U.S.?
No, it is precisely because this application has been made by "Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri" that it must be rejected.
When people sign up for public service, it means they serve the public! They should NOT have time to pursue add'l business interests because they are too busy with their public duties! Zimbabwe cannot afford this blatent effort at self-enrichment of public officials to further smear it's international reputation. If you're a true patriot (of ANY nation), THAT is the cost/sacrifice of public service.
ANY mining in Chiadzwa should be under KP supervision and approval. It makes the sale of Zimbabwe's diamonds on the international market easier. It will obtain higher prices if it complies with KP protocals.
The only "issue" as it were, is exactly WHERE the money from these diamond sales go? If the sales are transparent and audited and the proceeds go towards the re-building of Zimbabwe, then fine, let Zimbabwe sell their diamonds.
But if "Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri" applies for a mining license, then NO........... there's been too much of THAT sort of thing in Zimbabwe already - and yet the people still suffer.
"Total Empowerment!"